Atmosphere surrounding son and woman (6)
I believe the answer is:
esther
'woman' is the definition.
(woman's name)
'atmosphere surrounding son' is the wordplay.
'atmosphere' becomes 'ether' (I have seen 'Rare atmosphere' mean 'ether' so perhaps 'atmosphere' could also mean 'ether').
'surrounding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'son' becomes 's'.
'ether' placed around 's' is 'ESTHER'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for esther that I've seen before include "Oratorio by Handel; girl's name" , "__ Rantzen, TV presenter, b. 1940" , "Good book" , "Section of Bible" , "Girl's name; OT book" .)